Yeah, don't read Cuckoo's Nest. It's really not worth your time. As for Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, even he likes how the movie cut out some unnecessary bits from the book. Good luck reading Douglas Adams though. All over the place, that stuff. (keep in mind that the "book" was written AFTER the BBC movie, which was actually a TV mini-series, which was based on the radio show he'd loosely thrown together).
good choice on the Hawthorne.
Pick up anything you can by Nick Hornby. I've not read his stuff, but I'm told they're good and two have been made into movies (High Fidelity and About A Boy). 31 Songs is supposed to be killer.
one I just read for a lit class, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It's a bit dry early on, but otherwise is insightful social commentary from a 1920s/30s feminist presented through a unique story.
Also read Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut. that should mess you up pretty well.
okay, well, i can decipher it here, on my xanga it looked strange, i suggest as follows:
Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland(because the original is my kinda screwy) George Orwell: 1984(because it lives up to its reputation) William Faulkner: As I Lay Dying(because dude...it's faulkner) Richard Matherson: What Dreams May Come(because it's seriously one of THE BEST books i've ever read) Mitch Albom: the 5 People Your meet in Heaven(cause i read it and thought it was okay) Douglas Adams: Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy(cause everybody needs to read it at some point in their life) Ray Brabury: Fahrenheit 451(ditto)
i don't suggest anything by anthony burgess, cause i'm not a fan.
Damn, you've already got White Noise. You'll enjoy it. What Dreams May Come is great--Jason gave me that one to read. Crime and Punishment was about 400 pages too long, but still interesting. And Walden will change your life.
you should still read Whuthering Heights, i think you'd enjoy it more than Laura. also, Crime and Punishment is long, but after you're through with it you start putting pieces together symbolism-wise and you'll appreciate it. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a great play, you should definately read it :)
Nausea by Sartre Rosencrants and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
I tried to start Nausea by Sartre. couldn't get into it. Sartre was maybe a bit full of himself there.
how does Cuckoo's Nest the play differ from the film? because the film is a massive hack-job compared to the book and the book is just mental (ha, irony, pun).
Nausea is really good once you get through it, there's alot of repeating imagery and symbolism that complete the picture once you're done with the book.
i've never seen the film, but i really like the play.
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Good luck reading Douglas Adams though. All over the place, that stuff. (keep in mind that the "book" was written AFTER the BBC movie, which was actually a TV mini-series, which was based on the radio show he'd loosely thrown together).
good choice on the Hawthorne.
Pick up anything you can by Nick Hornby. I've not read his stuff, but I'm told they're good and two have been made into movies (High Fidelity and About A Boy). 31 Songs is supposed to be killer.
one I just read for a lit class, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It's a bit dry early on, but otherwise is insightful social commentary from a 1920s/30s feminist presented through a unique story.
Also read Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut. that should mess you up pretty well.
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Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
laughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut
'Ask The Dust' by John Fante
check.
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Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland(because the original is my kinda screwy)
George Orwell: 1984(because it lives up to its reputation)
William Faulkner: As I Lay Dying(because dude...it's faulkner)
Richard Matherson: What Dreams May Come(because it's seriously one of THE BEST books i've ever read)
Mitch Albom: the 5 People Your meet in Heaven(cause i read it and thought it was okay)
Douglas Adams: Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy(cause everybody needs to read it at some point in their life)
Ray Brabury: Fahrenheit 451(ditto)
i don't suggest anything by anthony burgess, cause i'm not a fan.
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My suggestions:
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
White Noise by Don DeLillo
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a great play, you should definately read it :)
Nausea by Sartre
Rosencrants and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
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how does Cuckoo's Nest the play differ from the film? because the film is a massive hack-job compared to the book and the book is just mental (ha, irony, pun).
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i've never seen the film, but i really like the play.
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